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Lexicon :: Strong's G4137 - plēroō

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πληρόω
Transliteration
plēroō (Key)
Pronunciation
play-ro'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
86x in 38 unique form(s)
TR
90x in 41 unique form(s)
LXX
84x in 34 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:286,867

Strong’s Definitions

πληρόω plēróō, play-ro'-o; from G4134; to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.:—accomplish, × after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 90x

The KJV translates Strong's G4137 in the following manner: fulfil (51x), fill (19x), be full (7x), complete (2x), end (2x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 90x
The KJV translates Strong's G4137 in the following manner: fulfil (51x), fill (19x), be full (7x), complete (2x), end (2x), miscellaneous (9x).
  1. to make full, to fill up, i.e. to fill to the full

    1. to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally

      1. I abound, I am liberally supplied

  2. to render full, i.e. to complete

    1. to fill to the top: so that nothing shall be wanting to full measure, fill to the brim

    2. to consummate: a number

      1. to make complete in every particular, to render perfect

      2. to carry through to the end, to accomplish, carry out, (some undertaking)

    3. to carry into effect, bring to realisation, realise

      1. of matters of duty: to perform, execute

      2. of sayings, promises, prophecies, to bring to pass, ratify, accomplish

      3. to fulfil, i.e. to cause God's will (as made known in the law) to be obeyed as it should be, and God's promises (given through the prophets) to receive fulfilment

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πληρόω plēróō, play-ro'-o; from G4134; to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.:—accomplish, × after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply.
STRONGS G4137:
πληρόω πληρῶ (infinitive πληροῦν Luke 9:31, see WH's Appendix, p. 166); imperfect 3 person singular ἐπλήρου; future πληρώσω; 1 aorist ἐπλήρωσα; perfect πεπλήρωκα; passive, present πληροῦμαι; imperfect ἐπληρουμην; perfect πεπλήρωμαι; 1 aorist ἐπληρώθην; 1 future πληρωθήσομαι; future middle πληρώσομαι (once, Revelation 6:11 Rec.); (from ΠΛηΡΟΣ equivalent to πλήρης); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. for מָלֵא;
1. to make full, to fill, to fill up: τήν σαγηνην, passive, Matthew 13:48; equivalent to "to fill to the full, πᾶσαν χρείαν, Philippians 4:19; to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally: πεπλήρωμαι, I abound, I am liberally supplied, namely, with what is necessary for subsistence, Philippians 4:18; Hebraistically, with the accusative of the thing in which one abounds (cf. Buttmann, § 134, 7; Winer's Grammar, § 32, 5): of spiritual possessions, Philippians 1:11 (where Rec. has καρπῶν); Colossians 1:9, (ἐνέπλησα αὐτόν πνεῦμα σοφίας, Exodus 31:3; Exodus 35:31); equivalent to to flood, οἰκία ἐπληρώθη (Tr marginal reading ἐπλήσθη) ἐκ τῆς ὀσμῆς, John 12:3 (see ἐκ, II. 5); ἦχος ἐπλήρωσε τόν οἶκον, Acts 2:2; with a genitive of the thing, τήν Ἱερουσαλήμ τῆς διδαχῆς, Acts 5:28 (Libanius, epistles 721 πάσας — i. e. πόλειςἐνέπλησας τῶν ὑπέρ ἡμῶν λόγων; Justin, hist. 11, 7 Phrygiam religionibus implevit); τινα, equivalent to to fill, diffuse throughout one's soul: with a genitive of the thing, Luke 2:40 R G L text T Tr marginal reading (see below); Acts 2:28; passive, Acts 13:52; Romans 15:13 (where L marginal reading πληροφορέω, which see in c.), 14; 2 Timothy 1:4; with a dative of the thing (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 7), passive (Luke 2:40 L marginal reading Tr text WH); Romans 1:29; 2 Corinthians 7:4; followed by ἐν with a dative of the instrument: ἐν πνεύματι, Ephesians 5:18; ἐν παντί θελήματι Θεοῦ, with everything which God wills (used of those who will nothing but what God wills), Colossians 4:12 R G (but see πληροφορέω, c.); πληροῦν τήν καρδίαν τίνος, to pervade, take possession of, one's heart, John 16:6; Acts 5:3; Christians are said πληροῦσθαι, simply, as those who are pervaded (i. e. richly furnished) with the power and gifts of the Holy Spirit: ἐν αὐτῷ, rooted as it were in Christ, i. e. by virtue of the intimate relationship entered into with him, Colossians 2:10 (cf. ἐν, I. 6 b.); εἰς πᾶν τό πλήρωμα τοῦ Θεοῦ (see πλήρωμα, 1), Ephesians 3:19 (not WH marginal reading); Christ, exalted to share in the divine administration, is said πληροῦν τά πάντα, to fill (pervade) the universe with his presence, power, activity, Ephesians 4:10; also πληροῦσθαι (middle for himself, i. e. to execute his counsels (cf. Winers Grammar, 258 (242); Buttmann, § 134, 7)) τά πάντα ἐν πᾶσιν, all things in all places, Ephesians 1:23 (μή οὐχί τόν οὐρανόν καί τήν γῆν ἐγώ πληρῶ, λέγει κύριος, Jeremiah 23:24; Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch. on Wis. 1:7, p. 55, cites examples from Philo and others; ((but ἐν πᾶσιν here is variously understood; see πᾶς, II. 2 b. δ. αα. and the commentaries))).
2. to render full, i. e. to complete;
a. properly, to fill up to the top: πᾶσαν φάραγγα, Luke 3:5; so that nothing shall be lacking to full measure, fill to the brim, μέτρον (which see, 1 a.), Matthew 23:32.
b. to perfect, consummate;
α. a number: ἕως πληρωθῶσι καί οἱ σύνδουλοι, until the number of their comrades also shall have been made complete, Revelation 6:11 L WH text,cf. Düsterdieck at the passage (see γ. below). by a Hebraism (see πίμπλημι, at the end) time is said πληροῦσθαι, πεπληρωμένος, either when a period of time that was to elapse has passed, or when a definite time is at hand: Mark 1:15; Luke 21:24; John 7:8; Acts 7:23, 30; Acts 9:23; Acts 24:27 (Genesis 25:24; Genesis 29:21; Leviticus 8:33; Leviticus 12:4; Leviticus 25:30; Numbers 6:5; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 4, 6; 6, 4, 1; πληροῦν τόν τέλεον ἐνιαυτόν, Plato, Tim., p. 39d.; τούς χρόνους, legg. 9, p. 866a.).
β. to make complete in every particular; to render perfect: πᾶσαν εὐδοκίαν κ.τ.λ. 2 Thessalonians 1:11; τήν χαράν, Philippians 2:2; passive, John 3:29; John 15:11; John 16:24; John 17:13; 1 John 1:4; 2 John 1:12; τά ἔργα, passive, Revelation 3:2; τήν ὑπακοήν, to cause all to obey, passive, 2 Corinthians 10:6; τό πάσχα, Luke 22:16 (Jesus speaks here allegorically: until perfect deliverance and blessedness be celebrated in the heavenly state).
γ. to carry through to the end, to accomplish, carry out, (some undertaking): πάντα τά ῤήματα, Luke 7:1; τήν διακονίαν, Acts 12:25; Colossians 4:17; τό ἔργον, Acts 14:26; τόν δρόμον, Acts 13:25; namely, τόν δρόμον, Revelation 6:11 according to the reading πληρωσωσι (G T Tr WH marginal reading) or πληρωσονται (Rec.) (see α. above); ὡς ἐπληρώθη ταῦτα, when these things were ended, Acts 19:21. Here belongs also πληροῦν τό εὐαγγέλιον, to cause to be everywhere known, acknowledged, embraced (A. V. I have fully preached), Romans 15:19; in the same sense τόν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, Colossians 1:25.
c. to carry into effect, bring to realization, realize;
α. of matters of duty, to perform, execute: τόν νόμον, Romans 13:8; Galatians 5:14; τό δικαίωμα τοῦ νόμου, passive, ἐν ἡμῖν, among us, Romans 8:4; πᾶσαν δικαιοσύνην, Matthew 3:15 (εὐσέβειαν, 4 Macc. 12:15); τήν ἔξοδον (as something appointed and prescribed by God), Luke 9:31.
β. of sayings, promises, prophecies, to bring to pass, ratify, accomplish; so in the phrases ἵνα or ὅπως πληρωθῇ γραφή, τό ῤηθέν, etc. (el. Knapp, Seripta var. Arg., p. 533f): Matthew 1:22; Matthew 2:15, 17, 23; Matthew 4:14; Matthew 8:17; Matthew 12:17; Matthew 13:35; Matthew 21:4; Matthew 26:54, 56; Matthew 27:9, 35 Rec.; Mark 14:49; Mark 15:28 (which verse G T WH omits; but Tr brackets it); Luke 1:20; Luke 4:21; Luke 21:22 Rec.; Luke 24:44; John 12:38; John 13:18; John 15:25; John 17:12; John 18:9, 32; John 19:24, 36; Acts 1:16; Acts 3:18; Acts 13:27; James 2:23 (1 Kings 2:27; 2 Chronicles 36:22).
γ. universally and absolutely, to fulfil, i. e. "to cause God's will (as made known in the law) to be obeyed as it should be, and God's promises (given through the prophets) to receive fulfilment": Matthew 5:17; cf. Weiss, Das Matthäusevang. as above with, p. 146f (Compare: ἀναπληρόω, ἀνταναπληρόω, προσαναπληρόω, ἐκπληρόω, συμπληρόω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
25:24; 29:21
Exodus
31:3; 35:31
Leviticus
8:33; 12:4; 25:30
Numbers
6:5
1 Kings
2:27
2 Chronicles
36:22
Jeremiah
23:24
Matthew
1:22; 2:15; 2:17; 2:23; 3:15; 4:14; 5:17; 8:17; 12:17; 13:35; 13:48; 21:4; 23:32; 26:54; 26:56; 27:9; 27:35
Mark
1:15; 14:49; 15:28
Luke
1:20; 2:40; 2:40; 3:5; 4:21; 7:1; 9:31; 9:31; 21:22; 21:24; 22:16; 24:44
John
3:29; 7:8; 12:3; 12:38; 13:18; 15:11; 15:25; 16:6; 16:24; 17:12; 17:13; 18:9; 18:32; 19:24; 19:36
Acts
1:16; 2:2; 2:28; 3:18; 5:3; 5:28; 7:23; 7:30; 9:23; 12:25; 13:25; 13:27; 13:52; 14:26; 19:21; 24:27
Romans
1:29; 8:4; 13:8; 15:13; 15:19
2 Corinthians
7:4; 10:6
Galatians
5:14
Ephesians
1:23; 3:19; 4:10; 5:18
Philippians
1:11; 2:2; 4:18; 4:19
Colossians
1:9; 1:25; 2:10; 4:12; 4:17
2 Thessalonians
1:11
2 Timothy
1:4
James
2:23
1 John
1:4
2 John
1:12
Revelation
3:2; 6:11; 6:11; 6:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4137 matches the Greek πληρόω (plēroō),
which occurs 84 times in 83 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 1:22–Psa 110:6)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:22 -

God blessed them: “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28 -

God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:1 -

God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:7 -

“But you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply on it.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:24 -

When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:21 -

Then Jacob said to Laban, “Since my time is complete, give me my wife, so I can sleep with[fn] her.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:3 -

They took forty days to complete this, for embalming takes that long, and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:29 -

Afterward Moses said, “Today you have been dedicated[fn] to the LORD, since each man went against his son and his brother. Therefore you have brought a blessing on yourselves today.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 -

The leaders brought onyx and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:33 -

“Do not go outside the entrance to the tent of meeting for seven days, until the time your days of ordination are completed, because it will take seven days to ordain you.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:4 -

“She will continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch any holy thing or go into the sanctuary until completing her days of purification.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:29 -

“If a man sells a residence in a walled city, his right of redemption will last until a year has passed after its sale; his right of redemption will last a year.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:30 -

“If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its purchaser throughout his generations. It is not to be released on the Jubilee.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:5 -

“You must not cut his hair[fn] throughout the time of his vow of consecration. He may be holy until the time is completed during which he consecrates himself to the LORD; he is to let the hair of his head grow long.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13 -

“This is the law of the Nazirite: On the day his time of consecration is completed, he is to be brought to the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:88 -

All the livestock for the fellowship sacrifice totaled twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty male lambs a year old. This was the dedication gift for the altar after it was anointed.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:16 -

with the choice gifts of the land

and everything in it;

and with the favor of him

who appeared[fn] in the burning bush.

May these rest on the head of Joseph,

on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:15 -

Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan, their feet touched the water at its edge

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:12 -

“When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:14 -

“At that moment, while you are still there speaking with the king, I’ll come in after you and confirm your words.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:27 -

So Solomon banished Abiathar from being the LORD’s priest, and it fulfilled the LORD’s prophecy he had spoken at Shiloh against Eli’s family.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14 -

He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a bronze craftsman. Hiram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge to do every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:15 -

He said:

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel!

He spoke directly to my father David,

and he has fulfilled the promise by his power.

He said,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:24 -

You have kept what you promised

to your servant, my father David.

You spoke directly to him

and you fulfilled your promise by your power

as it is today.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:33 -

Even after this, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil way but again made priests for the high places from the ranks of the people. He ordained whoever so desired it, and they became priests of the high places.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:4 -

“Then go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these containers. Set the full ones to one side.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:15 -

These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month[fn] when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys to the east and to the west.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:11 -

“When your time comes to be with your ancestors, I will raise up after you your descendant, who is one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:2 -

“So to the best of my ability I’ve made provision for the house of my God: gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx, stones for mounting,[fn] antimony,[fn] stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and a great quantity of marble.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:5 -

“the gold for the gold work and the silver for the silver, for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now who will volunteer to consecrate himself to the LORD today? ”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:4 -

He said:

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel!

He spoke directly to my father David,

and he has fulfilled the promise

by his power.

He said,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:15 -

You have kept what you promised

to your servant, my father David.

You spoke directly to him,

and you fulfilled your promise by your power,

as it is today.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:9 -

“Didn’t you banish the priests of the LORD, the descendants of Aaron and the Levites, and make your own priests like the peoples of other lands do? Whoever comes to ordain himself with a young bull and seven rams may become a priest of what are not gods.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:10 -

All the leaders and all the people rejoiced, brought the tax, and put it in the chest until it was full.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:31 -

Hezekiah concluded, “Now you are consecrated[fn] to the LORD. Come near and bring sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings to the LORD’s temple.” So the congregation brought sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings, and all those with willing hearts brought burnt offerings.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:21 -

This fulfilled the word of the LORD through Jeremiah, and the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation until seventy years were fulfilled.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:22 -

In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through[fn] Jeremiah, the LORD roused the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and also to put it in writing:

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:22 -

At the height of his success[fn] distress will come to him;

the full weight of misery[fn] will crush him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 -

When he fills his stomach,

God will send his burning anger against him,

raining it down on him while he is eating.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:11 -

You reveal the path of life to me;

in your presence is abundant joy;

at your right hand are eternal pleasures.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:4 -

May he give you what your heart desires

and fulfill your whole purpose.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:5 -

Let us shout for joy at your victory

and lift the banner in the name of our God.

May the LORD fulfill all your requests.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:9 -

You visit the earth and water it abundantly,

enriching it greatly.

God’s stream is filled with water,

for you prepare the earth in this way,

providing people with grain.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:8 -

My mouth is full of praise

and honor to you all day long.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:19 -

Blessed be his glorious name forever;

the whole earth is filled with his glory.

Amen and amen.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:20 -

Consider the covenant,

for the dark places of the land are full of violence.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:10 -

“I am the LORD your God,

who brought you up from the land of Egypt.

Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:16 -

Cover their faces with shame

so that they will seek your name, LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:24 -

How countless are your works, LORD!

In wisdom you have made them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6 -

He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses;

he will crush leaders over the entire world.


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